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Text : Athens International Airport S.A. Eleftherios Venizelos (ATH)
Tel: 210 353 0000. Fax: 210 353 2284.
E-mail: airport_info@aia.gr
Website: www.aia.gr or www.athensairport-2001.gr (for information on arrival times)

Opened in 2001, Athens International Airport (Eleftherios Venizelos) is located 27km (17 miles) northeast of the city.

Approximate flight times to Athens: From London is 3 hours 15 minutes; from New York is 10 hours 10 minutes; from Los Angeles is 18 hours 35 minutes; from Toronto is 12 hours and from Sydney is 22 hours 5 minutes.

Airport facilities: These include banks, bureaux de change, duty-free shops, bars, restaurants, a post office, a GNTO tourist information office (tel: 210 353 0448; open Mon-Fri 0800-1900, Sat-Sun 1000-1600) and car hire companies Avis, Budget, Europcar, Hertz and Sixt.

Transport to the city: The Athens Urban Transport Organisation (tel: 185) runs 24-hour express bus services linking the airport to the city (journey time ? approximately 40 minutes, depending on traffic). Bus Line E94 runs to Ethniki Amyna metro station, Line E95 runs to Syntagma Square in the city centre and Line E96 runs to Pireaus Port. Tickets, which must be validated in the orange machines on the busses, cost ?2.90 and allow for 24 hours of unlimited travel on all forms of public transport (bus, tram and metro). These are available for purchase from the bus driver.

In addition, metro Line 3 has been extended so that some, but not all, trains now run between Monastiraki in the city centre and the airport. Taxi services are also available ? the cost is approximately ?25 to the city centre or ?30 to Pireaus Port. 

    

      

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